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BEMCO was formed in 1968 and has developed into a world-class EPC Turnkey Contractor in Industrial and Power Projects including Co-generation, Combined Cycle and Steam Power Plants. Under this expansion, BEMCO has undertaken the largest and most challenging turnkey projects in Saudi Arabia and the region using various state of the art technologies.

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Major Projects

Riyadh Power Plant No.9 Combined Cycle (5,980 MW)

The combined cycle plant (PP9) has been built on a site of 3.2 million square meter about 54km east of Riyadh. This construction, together with an expansion of the existing PP 9 facility, made Riyadh the largest crude oil-fired power plant in the world. Arabian Bemco Contracting Company was awarded the project by SEC. Works Started in 1995,

Riyadh Power Plant No.10 Combined Cyle (4,600 MW)

On June 30, 2008 Arabian Bemco was awarded a S.R 11 billion (USD 3 billion) contract with SEC for a turnkey supply and installationof a 2,600 MW power geneartion plant (PP10) built on an area of 5 million square meter outside the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.This is a Greenfield project that will initially install 36 GTG simple cycle base loaded gas turbines on

Qurayyah Combined Cycle Project (4,600 MW)

On June 11, 2007, Arabian Bemco was awarded a SR 2.1 billion (USD 570 Million) contract with SEC to build the 2,500 MW Qurrayah Open Cycle Power Plant in the Eastern Province of KSA. Under the engineering, civil construction and mechanical erection package, Arabian Bemco will install gas-fired turbines at the plant supplied by

Riyadh Power Plant No.12 Combined Cycle (2,175 MW)

On May 16, 2012, Arabian Bemco signed a S.R 4.7 billion contract (USD 1.3 billion) with the Saudi Electricity Company to build a Grass Root Combined Cycle Power Plant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The plant is located 100 KM West of Riyadh City. Once completed, the new grass root combined cycle power plant (PP12) will produce

Bemco Signs a S.R 2.14b Loan Deal with BSF, NCB

Bank Saudi Fransi (BSF) and National Commercial Bank (NCB), both mandated lead arrangers,

Bank Saudi Fransi (BSF) and National Commercial Bank (NCB), both mandated lead arrangers,

concluded the signing of a S.R2.14 billion contract financing facility on Tuesday for Arabian Bemco Contracting Co. Ltd., a leading regional EPC Contractor for power plants, industrial plants, and civil projects.

The NCB is also acting as the issuing bank, facility agent, and security agent.

The deal follows the award of a contract to the consortium led by Arabian Bemco with Doosan Heavy Industries, to convert the Qurayyah Power Plant from an open cycle to a combined cycle power generation plant.

Under the agreement, the consortium will build additional capacity of 1,200 MW for the existing 2,000 MW plant, with work in its final stages, and will result in a total output of 3,200 MW.

Mr. Sarkissian expressed his appreciation for the confidence of the banks: “This reflects their confidence in Bemco’s performance abilities, and its shareholders and management. It also demonstrates the financial strength and commitment of Bemco to meet its obligations toward the lenders and the clients”

The company, Mr. Sarkissian added, intends to expand its activities in the near future to include the rest of the GCC, Africa and Eastern countries, not only in the construction sector, but also in the area of investment and development of infrastructure projects.

“Bemco shareholders have also expressed their intention to convert part of its ownership into a public company soon,” he said.

Mr. Ghassan Y. Basna, Bemco Vice President of Finance, explains that the financing for Qurayyah Power Plant is for the second phase of work.

The contract from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) for the plant was awarded on Sep 16, 2009. It consists of five blocks to be completed between May 2012 and January 2013. SEC has recently raised S.R 7 billion through the issuance of sukuks to fund the project, he added.